page_title: Widerøe
section_title: Current
hierarchical_section_title: Widerøe / Fleet / Current
caption_attribution_description: Widerøe Embraer E190-E2 LN-WEA flight AY946 (TOS-HEL) landing Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (EFHK/HEL) rwy 04L June 30th 2018
context_page_description: Widerøes Flyveselskap AS, trading as Widerøe, is a Norwegian airline, and is the largest regional airline operating in the Nordic countries. The airline's fleet of 40 Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft, and 3 Embraer E190-E2 aircraft, serves 41 domestic and 6 international destinations. Widerøe has a turnover of 4 billion kr; carries 2.86 million annual passengers; has 3,000 employees and performs 450 take-offs and landings each day. Public service obligation services to regional airports makeup slightly less than half of Widerøe's operations. The remaining services are to primary airports in Northern Norway, and services from Sandefjord Airport, Torp and Bergen Airport, Flesland to other primary airports, and some international services from Oslo/Gardermoen, Sandefjord/Torp, Kristiansand/Kjevik, Stavanger/Sola, Bergen/Flesland and Trondheim/Værnes.
  The company's head offices are in Bodø, although it retains a large administrative center in Lysaker, Oslo. The main bases are Sandefjord Airport, Torp, Bodø Airport, Tromsø Airport, Langnes, Bergen Airport, Flesland and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.
context_section_description: Since 2000, the airline has operated a fleet consisting entirely of de Havilland Canada/Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft. As of 2018, Widerøe was the world's largest operator of the Dash 8-100 series, after Piedmont Airlines retired their fleet. As of 2012, Widerøe is the first and only airline in the world to operate every single variant of the Dash 8 simultaneously, and is one of the few airlines to ever operate all variants of the Dash 8, as well as the older DHC-6 Twin Otter and Dash 7. In January 2017, Widerøe announced it had signed a contract with Embraer for up to 15 new Embraer E2-E190 jets, with firm orders for three E190-E2 aircraft and purchase rights on 12 more jets from the Embraer E2 family. The airline is the first operator of the E190-E2 aircraft. The aircraft is Widerøe’s first jet aircraft, after previously operating an all-turboprop fleet.
  In April 2018, Wideroe received its first Embraer E190-E2. The delivery was the first E2 aircraft to be delivered to an airline. It was given to Wideroe by Embraer through a big ceremony of Embraer and Wideroe staff as well as media. Its first revenue flight occurred on 24 April 2018.
  As of April 2020, the Widerøe fleet consists of the following aircraft:
  The Dash 8-100, Dash 8-200 and Dash 8-300 can operate on the many short runway airports in Norway, which Widerøe is the main operator on. The problem is, though, that the aforementioned planes are ageing, but de Havilland Canada/Bombardier Aerospace have quit producing those particular aircraft types, meaning that no direct replacement can be found. A feasible replacement could come from ATR with a STOL-modified 42 turboprop, but at this stage, knowing what aircraft the Dash 8s will be replaced with is mere speculation.
caption: Widerøe Embraer 190-E2
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